ToTBellHop
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Good. I’ve been planning a bunch of visits in 2071. Now I can solidify those plans.
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News Walt Disney World to resume sales of Annual Passes (New sales resume April 20, 2023)
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disneygeek90
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Is it only available to purchase over the phone or in person? No online option?
I purchased online earlier this morning.
The interface for making a park reservation has had quite an overhaul. Before, when we made a reservation while having an annual pass and a resort reservation it would default to pulling from the resort “bucket”. This wasn’t usually a problem, but on our last trip DHS was completely out for our entire trip for the resort bucket, but still available for the AP bucket. To use the AP bucket I had to call in and their IT had to explicitly give us park passes from the AP bucket.
Now, when you have an AP and resort reservations, you first choose whether you’re making a park reservation as just an AP holder, or one associated with a resort stay. Then, if you choose resort stay, you have to choose which resort stay it will be linked to. This all makes it much more obvious how these are linked, alleviating some of the edge cases where people were changing hotel reservations and losing park reservations, but then does add complexity to the already complex planning process.
Now, when you have an AP and resort reservations, you first choose whether you’re making a park reservation as just an AP holder, or one associated with a resort stay. Then, if you choose resort stay, you have to choose which resort stay it will be linked to. This all makes it much more obvious how these are linked, alleviating some of the edge cases where people were changing hotel reservations and losing park reservations, but then does add complexity to the already complex planning process.
Other people are reporting the same issue, you are not alone.
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disneygeek90
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CntrlFlPete
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we are passholders again (for the first time in 9 years). Disney is already influencing my choices w/ these park reservations. I assume these 'bonus reservations' are ways to drive people to under reserved parks or something?
There is one Saturday, we were not planning on going Saturday then figured we should check out a park -- then I saw the bonus was only if you picked MK or Studios.
There is one Saturday, we were not planning on going Saturday then figured we should check out a park -- then I saw the bonus was only if you picked MK or Studios.
Bug in new Disney Park Pass system prevents some Disney World annual passholders from making advance theme park reservations
This issue affects Passholders who have upcoming Annual Pass renewals.
www.wdwmagic.com
I've made a thread for anyone with this issue so we can track it separately from this thread.
Disney Park Pass bug relating to theme park reservations for renewed Annual Passes
https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymagicplus/news/08sep2021-bug-in-new-disney-park-pass-system-prevents-some-disney-world-annual-passholders-from-making-advance-theme-park-reservations.htm
grapejellybean
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I'm with you and wondering what this magical "bonus reservation" is. On the 14th it is for Epcot only. I assume it will be updated as dates draw nearer that have parks not near ideal numbers.
ToTBellHop
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Exactly. We are being used as filler. APs aren’t the most valuable to Disney, but we are more valuable than no one.
mightynine
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Soooo if I’m a pass holder and I’m on a resort stay with someone who has just regular park tickets, can I no longer just make one party of two people for a reservation? Do I need to make a reservation for each person?
We can complain about prices all we want, but this much complexity just to say I want to go to MK on a Tuesday in December is what will turn people off, IMO.
We can complain about prices all we want, but this much complexity just to say I want to go to MK on a Tuesday in December is what will turn people off, IMO.
Chip Chipperson
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If both people are on the resort reservation then you can reserve a Park Pass for both people using the Resort bucket.
mightynine
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Odd, I didn’t see them - but now that I think about it, we just have the reservation, she doesn’t have her park ticket yet, just a 1-day complimentary ticket. Guessing once the actual multi-day ticket is purchased, it should come up under the reservation?
grapejellybean
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May or may not be a good way to judge if a park will be dead.
You need the phone option if you're trying to wrangle previous commitments made over prior AP ownership through the Covid debacle.
Muffinpants
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Anyone upgrade a ticket to a AP yet? did it wipe out your park reservations to have to be remade?